8/23/2012: Waterloo, IA, USA

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Occurred : 8/23/2012 22:05 (Entered as : 8/23/12 22:05) Reported: 8/25/2012 9:21:25 PM 21:21 Posted: 9/24/2012 Location: Waterloo, IA Shape: Fireball Duration: 30 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object emitted beams
One Fireball like object with an oscillating halo preceding it appeared at 9;05pm moving from South to North and another following the same flight path at approximately 10:50pm. Approximate altitude: between 10,000 and 20,000 feet AGL . Approximate speed: between 200 and 300 knots.The objects made NO sound whatsoever. I am a pilot and have never seen anything like it. I do have a photo of the second one but is very difficult to tell what it is.My location is just outside the very Southeast corner of Waterloo, Iowa.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 8/23/2012 22:05 (Entered as : 8/23/12 22:05)
Reported: 8/25/2012 9:21:25 PM 21:21
Posted: 9/24/2012
Location: Waterloo, IA
Shape: Fireball
Duration: 30 seconds
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object emitted beams

One Fireball like object with an oscillating halo preceding it appeared at 9;05pm moving from South to North and another following the same flight path at approximately 10:50pm. Approximate altitude: between 10,000 and 20,000 feet AGL . Approximate speed: between 200 and 300 knots.The objects made NO sound whatsoever. I am a pilot and have never seen anything like it. I do have a photo of the second one but is very difficult to tell what it is.My location is just outside the very Southeast corner of Waterloo, Iowa.